Lew Rockwell linked to this article over at the Daily Caller which addressed a Missouri National Guard unit’s refusal to show up at a Bible camp. The Guard unit cites the following:

“Army participation must not selectively benefit (or appear to benefit) any person, group, or corporation (whether profit or nonprofit); religion, sect, religious or sectarian group, or quasi-religious or ideological movement.”

Now, for the record, I think a part of the US military, however small, not participating in some religious bullshit is long overdue. In order to understand what Christianity has come to mean in the US, it’s important to dig a little deeper. According to the article, the theme of this years Bible camp was “God’s Rescue Squad.” They had some paramedics show up and as we all know, paramedics do Gods work, right? Tell that to the family and friends of Eric Garner, the latest victim of the NYPD brute squad. The paramedics who showed up after Mr. Garner was choked to death have been suspended for failing to treat him when they arrived on scene.

Then they hosted fireman. Next on the list of Gods little helpers were some local law enforcement with their K-9 units. Anybody who does not have their head planted up their ass can tell you that cops in the US are some of the most barbaric, fascistic assholes anywhere. With qualified immunity, they have been granted license to commit perjury and it’s so pervasive it has a name, testalying. Violent crime in the US has fallen, yet police shootings have risen. There are over 50,000 SWAT raids in the US annually and most of those are for misdemeanors. Cops in the US have fully automatic weapons, body armor, armored vehicles and other military grade hardware which them employ on a regular basis.

God’s rescue squad was responsible for severely burning a toddler with a flash bang. God’s rescue squad was responsible for the mass murder at Waco. They were responsible for beating Kelly Thomas to death. They murdered a grandfather that wasn’t wanted for any crime. They killed a man sitting on a bench whittling. They shoot at a minivan full of children, which they knew to be full of children, then claimed they didn’t know. Over the decade of the Iraq war(crime), more US citizens were killed by cops than the number of US service people killed in that war zone. And I haven’t even listed the number of family pets executed by these rescuers of God.

To round out the week was supposed to be a few soldiers with the National Guard and a Humvee. They refused and of course, everyone was upset at the naturally liberal/progressive war on Christians.

“We are a very patriotic church,” Hogan told Todd Starnes of Fox News. “We love America. We love this country.”

What Pastor Hogan is saying, is that they engage in a bit of what the Ten Commandments call, idolatry.

“We were told it was against military policy for National Guard troops to participate in Vacation Bible School,” the pastor told Fox News. “They said if the National Guard had assets on church property it would look like the National Guard is sponsoring the Baptist religion.”

Interestingly, this June, the U.S. Department of Defense allowed an American military color guard to march in the annual gay pride parade in Washington, D.C.

Similarly, in 2012, the Defense Department overrode the Defense Department’s specific rules against uniformed service members’ participation in political events to allow uniformed service members to march in San Diego’s gay pride parade.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, local members of the National Guard expressed disgust with the decision to prohibit their appearance at a local church.

“I can tell you I’m ashamed and embarrassed right now,” one soldier told Fox.

“We had a lot of disappointed kiddos because of the National Guard being unwilling to allow a Humvee and a few soldiers to spend an hour at a Baptist church,” another soldier said. “It makes me wonder what I’m actually fighting for.”

The Pentagon has decided that it needs bodies to fill all of those little black bags that need fillin’ whenever they engage in murderous rampage in other countries so they’re now courting the gay folks. You see, as the TSA hired all of the semi-literate high school dropouts, there was nobody else for the Pentagon to court. Obviously this is a progressive plot against America’s values. As if America had any values.

Then there is the ‘shame’ felt by members of the Missouri National Guard because a Humvee with a few soldiers in it didn’t show up for bible camp. Seriously? Shame? It’s also quite humorous the way Pastor Hogan said the attempt of the Guard to not offend anyone failed because they offended ‘our whole church.’ Why is this humorous? Because it’s a great example of what the Christian church stands for in America. I’m 44 years old and never, not once, has the US military been deployed overseas to protect and defend my rights and liberties. Not once have they been deployed to protect the religious freedoms, or lack thereof, of any American citizen. How many foreigners are ‘offended’ by the fucking drones that incessantly fly overhead in their countries, terrorizing and often murdering? Countries that the US isn’t at war with. How many foreigners are offended by the occupation of their country of US forces? How many foreigners are offended by the fact that outside of US bases all over the world, those noble US servicemen are raping local women? How many people all over this planet are offended by the arrogance of the US military and the US government in general?

The Christian church in the US is a complete fucking sham. Very few self-described Christians in this country actually give a shit about what Christ taught and most are in fact, warmongering nationalists. Christ wasn’t just raging against the money counters, he was raging against the state and Christians in this country love the state. They bitch and complain about a few military guys not showing up to bible camp as some sort of plot against Christians, yet they have no problem plotting against every person in this country that isn’t a Christian by attempting to force their retarded ass Creation story into public schools. They want Christian holidays celebrated in public schools while telling the Muslim children to pound sand. They seek to claim ownership of every single uterus in the US. To the American Christian, there is no more noble cause then invading some shitty third world country and killing the inhabitants all in the name of liberating them.

These folks, Christians and typical right-wingers claim that the US military is defending our freedoms and ignore the very fact that the only entity capable of dismantling the Bill of Rights is government itself and it is doing so at lightning quick speed now.

I have to admit that although I’m an atheist, I tend to find most atheists on the interwebs to be assholes. Check out the Amazing Atheist on YouTube. In his video’s, he attempts to knock down religious dogma and claims that religion is somehow disproving science. I surmise all of this, because I can’t really get through any of his videos. Why? Because the guy is a fucking arrogant shitbag who seems to not be able to communicate via regular speech. Instead he shouts, and calls people names. Sam Harris he is not.

It seems that most atheists out there in the internet world, though not in my social circles, subscribe to the asininity of political leftism. As opposed to the asininity of political rightism. Perhaps that’s part of the reason I don’t care to hang out with atheists on the interwebs or attend atheist talks and what not. Like their fundamentalist counterparts of the religious right, there a bunch of fundamentalist leftist assholes. As you may or may not know (or care) I don’t really like politics or people who obsess over everything political and to people like fundamentalist religious people and fundamentalist non-believers, everything is fucking political.

All over the internet you can find claims by atheists that we are more rational, more objective, and possessed with a gift religious people are lacking, namely, the ability for critical thinking. This, ladies and gents is pure nonsensical bullshit. Atheists are every bit as capable as being totally irrational as the most fundamentalist Christian. Ever read PZ Myers blog? Just bring up something that has to do with politics and this so-called rational thinking biology professor, becomes Sean Hannity.

In the past I’ve supported Freedom From Religion Foundation on a number of things. Usually, these were cases of overt religiosity in public schools or the use of public land for religious uses while discriminating against other faiths and those with no faith. This all has to do with public property. Tax-payer property. We all know that government, via the 1st Amendment is forbidden from promoting one religion over another and it’s in these cases that I’ve supported FFRF. Their latest… complaint comes from the recent SCOTUS ruling on the contraceptive aspects of Obamacare and the Hobby Lobby case. Please follow along.

The thing that upsets me most about the Hobby Lobby case is that it allows some religious beliefs as an exclusion from participation in Obama’s fascistic health care bill. I don’t want any fucking part of the inaptly named Affordable Health Care Act. I want to be excluded from this entirely. That’s not what the folks at FFRF want. They want everyone to be forced into this shitty, fascist program.

The people at FFRF have used the 1st Amendment as a guide post to forbid government from forcing creationism on public schools, and yet in this one simple case, they have shown that, although they know exactly what the 1st Amendment entails, they want to ignore it and twist it to suit their political proclivities.

“The Court’s decision, narrow though it might seem, has opened the proverbial floodgates. The Freedom From Religion Foundation needs your help to protest religious privilege and the federal judiciary’s appalling desertion of the founding principles of this nation.”

The bold comes straight off the FFRF website. The founding principles of this nation did not include the government mandating individuals, under threat of force, purchase a good or service from any given company or other individual. The founders believed in freedom of association which meant that government could not dictate who/whom we chose freely to associate with. No more. The tyrannical assholes at FFRF have shown their true colors and freedom isn’t among that set of Crayons. What FFRF should be protesting isn’t the fact that religious beliefs allowed some people to be excluded from provisions of Obamacare, they should be protesting the fact that Obamacare exists in the first fucking place.

What they’re saying is that because Hobby Lobby is owned by religious people they are somehow shoving their religion down their employees throats and denying women who work for them the right to control of their own bodies. This has to be one of the most fucking retarded claims I’ve ever heard and it’s a tad embarrassing hearing it come from an organization that claims to understand the law.

First, Hobby Lobby isn’t shoving their religion down anyone’s throats because if you don’t want to shop there, nobody is going to force you to. If you don’t like the fact that your paycheck is provided by people who believe in fairy tales, then you can quit or not apply in the first place. If you’re a woman and you want access to abortion (I mean contraceptives) then you can either pay for that yourself, or, I know this sounds extreme, not work for Hobby Lobby.

The folks over at the Freedom From Religion Foundation believe, correctly, that the 1st Amendment guarantees us the right not to have, by means of government coercion, religious dogma imposed upon us. However, they disregard completely the that nowhere in the Constitution does it say government has the right to force us to purchase a good or service and to dictate who/whom we choose to associate with. The FFRF may very well not believe in God(s), but they sure as shit have a religion and that religion is the vapid bullshitery of left-wing totalitarianism.

We believe in the status quo, but realize that many people are coming to resent the way we politicians have raped the taxpayers to pay off the bankers. We realize that many people are coming to understand the folly of the central banks and their cartels and the way the fed pumps cash into the system as a means of enriching themselves while inflating the money supply, thus draining the savings of those hardworking American’s I claim to represent and making their groceries, utilities, and rent/mortgages that much more expensive.

2) – “We believe in science, and that means that we have a responsibility to protect this Earth.”

We believe that basing our judgements on observable and recordable data is stupid and that when it comes to matters of science we should go with our feelings. Therefore we plan to continue with Obama’s environmental policy of letting special interests create said policy. We will destroy the coal industry, the natural gas industry, the petroleum industry, putting hundreds of thousands of American’s out of work while pretending that solar and wind can power the country, all while raising American’s energy bills across the board. We will do this while taking cash from the environmental lobby while claiming it’s only the Republicans who take bribes.

3) – “We believe that the Internet shouldn’t be rigged to benefit big corporations, and that means real net neutrality.”

We believe that freedom of speech exists only if you agree with what we believe and if you don’t, well fuck off. We plan to make it illegal to question our ideas, especially when you confront us with facts.

4) – “We believe that no one should work full-time and still live in poverty, and that means raising the minimum wage.”

We believe that pandering to the emotions of unskilled labor is more effective at winning elections than a basic understanding of economics. Besides, Paul Krugman agrees with us and he’s really smart.

5) “We believe that fast-food workers deserve a livable wage, and that means that when they take to the picket line, we are proud to fight alongside them.

See number 4. And while we say we’re proud to fight alongside them we say that knowing their jobs could be replaced by technology in a very short amount of time, should they decide to take to the picket line. However, their jobs aren’t as important as our righteousness indignation.

6) – “We believe that students are entitled to get an education without being crushed by debt.”

We believe that your neighbors should be forced to pay for your shitty liberal arts degree.

7) – “We believe that after a lifetime of work, people are entitled to retire with dignity, and that means protecting Social Security, Medicare, and pensions.”

We believe that SCOTUS has already ruled your Social Security doesn’t really belong to you and we will spend it how we choose. For the time being, the younger, employed people will continue to pay for the retirement and medial needs of the spoiled ass baby boomers. When it becomes PC to keep your SS check and spend it on something else, we will do so.

8) – “We believe—I can’t believe I have to say this in 2014—we believe in equal pay for equal work.”

See number 2. We believe it is politcally correct to speak of such horrid inequality despite the fact there really isn’t any because we believe in special treatment for women and minorities at the expense of white, heterosexual males.

9) – “We believe that equal means equal, and that’s true in marriage, it’s true in the workplace, it’s true in all of America.”

See number 3. We believe in equality so long as you believe in the same thing we do. If you should hold any opposing viewpoint you’re a racist, misogynist, homophobe and plain ol’ poopy head.

10) – “We believe that immigration has made this country strong and vibrant, and that means reform.”

We believe that ‘reform’ means amnesty and that granting amnesty will generate another generation of Democrat voters. Especially when we promise to give them all the welfare benefits and other free shit, stolen from productive working American’s.

11) – “And we believe that corporations are not people, that women have a right to their bodies. We will overturnHobby Lobby and we will fight for it. We will fight for it!”

We believe that freedom of association is an abhorrent, racist, inhuman function. Every person should be forced to interact with whomever we, your government tell you to interact with. We believe that neither the employer or prospective employee have a right to negotiate the terms of said employment. We believe in a one-size-fits-all concept and have no intention of allowing people to decide for themselves the course of their own lives. But mostly, we do not believe that people should have any bit of liberty not given to them by the state that can be taken away like a drivers license for any or no reason. We will work diligently to transform America into a wonderful workers paradise like the former USSR. We’ve already got the police state.

She might just beat the old warmongering cunt Hillary. Good thing I’m planning to leave the US.

So, I’ve been on vacation and did a bit of driving. I don’t have satellite radio in my car so I had what I took with me and what the antenna picked up. I ended up listening to some talk radio which I haven’t done in years because it’s mostly right-wing stupidity. This trip however, I found myself a nice little left-wing station.

When I stopped to check into a hotel for the evening, I caught up on news and as usual, I couldn’t help but scroll through the comments and decided that I just can’t take it anymore. I get my news from several different sources because chances are, the person writing any story will insert at least a small touch of their own POV. This way, I can piece them together and get a somewhat more rounded picture of any given topic. I do not get any of my news from television, cable or otherwise because it’s pretty much all government propaganda. I mean, when the handful of corporations that control the mass media are all sucking off the government teat, they aren’t gonna bite the hand that feeds them.

I use alternate sources but have utilized some links from Drugde and stuff at Huff Po and Salon to round out that info. I also admit to visiting the Daily Mail though I’m not sure why. The journalism is just as bad as main stream American work, their editors couldn’t possibly speak English as a first, second, or even fifth language. The writing is terrible, but maybe I’m just scrolling down the page looking for a nice photo of Sophia Vergara’s lovely boobs.

It is from these sources that I have drawn the following conclusion: America is like a giant zoo and the main attraction are the monkeys. America has divided itself into (mostly) two large monkey troops and these monkey troops are very angry. Naturally, these angry monkeys are also very arrogant who happen to be bullies and want all monkeys to live according to the rules of their tribes. These large monkey troops have decided that the jungle in which they live has problems and all the problems are because of the other monkeys. They yell and scream at each other while flinging their poo. When you see a monkey fling poo, it’s kind of amusing… until you get some of that monkey shit on you.

This is where you find the rest of America’s monkeys. Those of us who are a little bit more mature, a little bit more amenable to courteous dialog. We utilize logic, reason, and facts, with the added nicety of treating the other monkeys respectfully, even when we disagree. Well, most of us do anyway. Perhaps this is because we’ve advanced just a bit further along the evolutionary ladder. Who knows, but what we do know is that the angry, less advanced monkeys continue to fling their poo and it inevitably lands on us, forcing us to deal with their shit.

There you have it. America the zoo. Land of the angry, not-so-bright, poo flinging monkeys.